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Alice and the Mayor

Alice et le maire

2019

Nicolas Pariser

Fabrice Luchini, Anaïs Demoustier, Nora Hamzawi, Léonie Simaga ...

5.7

800

Comedy. Drama The mayor of Lyon, Paul Théraneau, is in a delicate position. After 30 years in politics, he is running out of ideas, feeling like an existential emptiness. To overcome this, Paul hires a young and brilliant philosopher, Alice Heimann. Then follows a dialogue between two diametrically opposed personalities who will turn their certainties upside down.

	Author	Review
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"A drama in which ideas outshine the characters (...) [Pariser] can’t quite decide whether his sophomore feature is more interested in the theories and systems portrayed or in the people that have them and work in them. "	NEU
United Kingdom	Lisa Nesselson Screendaily	"[A] lively, funny film (...) Talky in the best possible way, this is a classy but accessible piece of entertainment which is also food for thought.	POS
United States	Jay Weissberg Variety	"A movie so enamored by its self-perception of cleverness that even policy wonks will find it hard to muster enthusiasm (...) There’s little to attract interest"	NEG
	Fabien Lemercier Cineuropa	"A very clever and quirky political comedy, with brilliant performances from Fabrice Luchini and Anaïs Demoustier (...) Pariser manages to convey the different faces of a democratic crisis"	POS
United Kingdom	Phil Hoad The Guardian	"It basically amounts to the same complacent navel-gazing into which current leftwing movements often dissipate (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Christian Gallichio The Playlist	"A bland political comedy with nothing new to offer (...) 'Alice and the Mayor' isn’t bad, per se; it’s just routine"	NEG

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